Students sort birds by their physical characteristics. In this bird characteristics lesson, students review bird characteristics and create beaks. Students discuss birds as pets.

Students develop their listening skills as they listen to the book The Perfect Pet. In this reading instructional activity, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all...

Students develop an understanding of how innate and learned behaviors and the environment determine behavior. They see how a variety of factors affects our pet's behavior-including species-specific traits, the environment, training, and...

Primary learners will read a short story about a boy getting a new pet dog. They then answer 10 multiple choice questions to test their comprehension. Great supplement for pet unit.

Students explore pet ownership. In this my perfect pet lesson, students research common animals used as pets and complete a variety of activities based on this data. 

Students investigate proper training techniques for pets by creating a list.  In this domesticated animal lesson, students identify traits of a good neighbor and relate those traits to a pet.  Students create lists of the...

Students explore animal lifestyles by illustrating images. In this pet care lesson, students discuss their own pets and the conditions animals need to survive in both nature or a home. Students draw snakes and complete an activity sheet...

Students bring in their favorite stuffed animals to class, and listen to the book, The Perfect Pet. They develop graphs for their stuffed animals, and create booklets titled, My Pet Book.

For this tally chart worksheet, students finish filling in a chart involving a survey of favorite pets from a particular class. Students then answer 4 short answer questions about the results of the survey.

In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 10 scrambled words. All words are names of common pets. Students unscramble the words and write them correctly on the lines.

In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 8 words in a word bank that pertain to a bird family in a nest. Students find the words in a word search puzzle and color the picture on the page.

For this pets mini-book worksheet sets, students make a book, either in color or black and white, that includes names of pets such as rabbit, turtle, dog, cat, bird, fish, and hamster. They see lines under the picture of each pet but...

Students listen to Courtney Baker's, "The Perfect Pet," on a day they bring a stuffed animal to school. They graph the types of stuffed animals that their classmates brought to school before answering questions based on the graph. Next,...

For this bird worksheet, students read ten statements about birds and identify them as fact or opinion. Afterward, they complete a word search puzzle and identify 20 words dealing with birds. An answer sheet is provided.

In this language arts worksheet, students read 6 clues which are related to popular household pets. Students put their answers in an easy crossword puzzle.

Pupils identify rhyming words and explore the usage of spatial words. In this Where Is The Pet lesson, students listen to a poem, repeat the rhymes within the poem, list various of additional rhyming words that can replace the words in...

In this writing worksheet, learners complete sentences about a pet. They are given word boxes containing words for four types of pets (dog, fish, bird and cat).

Finding a topic that engages young writers can be difficult. The four prompts offered by this resource focus on pets. Whether it be writing a story about an imaginary pet or about preparing for a pet, your pupils will find something here...

In this literacy worksheet, students complete sentences using words such as dog, fish, bird and cat. Students trace the words to finish these sentences.

In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 7 fill in the blank questions that require them to use English vocabulary appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Learners poll the class regarding their favorite pet and then research that pet using Internet research. They create reports including pictures made on KidPix.

In this reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders read and analyze two sets of clues to figure out where 6 people will set on a spaceship in the first set of clues and which pet belongs to which person in the second set of clues.

In this pets picture matching worksheet, learners examine 4 pictures of pets: a dog, bird, snake and cat. Students color the pictures and draw a line from the pet to the picture of its house.

This activities in this packet, the second in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal habitats, are designed specifically for English language learners.